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| Juliette Binoche | ... | Camille Claudel | |
| Jean-Luc Vincent | ... | Paul Claudel | |
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Jessica Errero | ... | Nursing Home Resident (as Jessica Herrero) |
| Robert Leroy | ... | Le médecin | |
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Régine Gayte | ... | Soeur Régine |
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Armelle Leroy-Rolland | ... | La jeune soeur novice |
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Myriam Laloum | ... | Nursing Home Resident |
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Nicole Faurite | ... | Soeur Nicole |
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Christelle Petit | ... | Soeur Christelle |
| Emmanuel Kauffman | ... | Le prêtre | |
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Christiane Blum | ... | Nursing Home Resident |
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Claire Peyrade | ... | Pensionnaire bain |
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Alexandra Lucas | ... | Nursing Home Resident |
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Florence Philippe | ... | Soeur Florence |
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Sandra Rivera | ... | Soeur Sandra |
Winter, 1915. Confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France - where she will never sculpt again - the chronicle of Camille Claudel's reclusive life, as she waits for a visit from her brother, Paul Claudel.
The only other Bruno Dumont film I've seen is the bizarre and shocking Twentynine Palms so knowing Camille Claudel 1915 is about an insane asylum, it's difficult to not expect something that will rock me to my core. However, Camille is surprisingly restrained. While this feels like a mature approach at times, it can too often feel like it's too weak on its themes of religion, sanity and art when there's such potential. A little more focus and clarity could've saved what would be a great film. What ends up making the film is Juliette Binoche's committed performance that provides a unique perspective into a personal hell. She certainly deserves to be called one of the best actresses of all-time and this just confirms it further. It's beautifully shot and constructed, but then this leads to it feeling too measured and thus too forced when it could've been much better if it was allowed to breathe naturally. It's a very interesting film, but I can't help that it needn't been as empty as it was.
7/10